{"id":2577,"date":"2026-04-12T11:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/2577\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:38:18","slug":"real-madrid-superstars-are-trailing-behind-barcelona-ace-a-warning-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/2577\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid superstars are trailing behind Barcelona ace \u2013 a warning sign?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are currently the undisputed favourites to win the league title, having secured a nine-point lead at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<p>A key driver behind Bar\u00e7a\u2019s sustained dominance under Hansi Flick has been none other than Lamine Yamal, who is starting to embarrass Real Madrid stars with his sheer numbers and impact.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260412\/1004169174\/lamine-lider-barca-dato-retrata-mbappe-vinicius.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mundo Deportivo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mundo Deportivo&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, a series of individual statistics suggest the Holy Trinity of Mbapp\u00e9, Vin\u00edcius, and Bellingham is being eclipsed by Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>Yamal and the Real Madrid stars<\/p>\n<p>The most striking figure comes from a direct comparison of individual flair and impact. In his last two outings against Atletico Madrid and Espanyol, Yamal completed a staggering 16 dribbles.<\/p>\n<p>To put that in perspective, this total is higher than the 13 combined dribbles recorded by Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. in their high-stakes matches against Bayern Munich and Girona.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"643\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/91d7e42e65850af2353258eb1a0306ee.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A warning sign for Real Madrid? (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>For a Real Madrid side that prides itself on having the most explosive attacking duo in world football, seeing a teenager single-handedly outproduce them is indeed a sobering reality check.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from outproducing current-gen Real Madrid stars, Yamal has also started to break records held by Real Madrid legends of the past.<\/p>\n<p>At 18 years and 272 days, he became the <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/record-lamine-yamal-goes-past-real-madrid-legend-to-become-youngest-player-to-100-la-liga-appearances\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:youngest player in history to reach 100 La Liga appearances;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;youngest player in history to reach 100 La Liga appearances&quot;}\" class=\"link \">youngest player in history to reach 100 La Liga appearances<\/a>, surpassing the mark previously held by club legend Raul Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even Lionel Messi didn\u2019t hit this milestone until he was 21. With 29 goals and 29 assists already in league play, his productivity at this age is unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>With 22 goals and 18 assists across all competitions this season, Yamal has become the most decisive player in Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona are currently the undisputed favourites to win the league title, having secured a nine-point lead at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[179,549,92,266,1939,93,84,938,332,1177,83,1318,1938],"class_list":{"0":"post-2577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-atletico-madrid","9":"tag-barca","10":"tag-barcelona","11":"tag-bayern-munich","12":"tag-bellingham","13":"tag-espanyol","14":"tag-girona","15":"tag-lamine-yamal","16":"tag-lionel-messi","17":"tag-mbappe","18":"tag-real-madrid","19":"tag-vinicius","20":"tag-warning-sign"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}